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The Plan:
-36" Forno Bravo Pompeii Kit
-1.5"x 0.125wall Steel frame (Attached Solid Works Drawing of geometry)
-59" x 64" x5.5" hearth poured at the same time as the pad
-build oven on steel frame in garage
-Low vault Tuscan igloo (Modified IT with lazy susan)
-Slow dry the oven in the garage with woodstove lit, yes during the summer.
-use backhoe to move hearth & oven into place once pad and oven are completely dry
-Series of drying fires

I have some masonry experience,

Out of my mind to try this in 3 weeks? is likely that I'll be able to move the hearth/stand/oven without cracking everything?

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Working for ones self and from home does have its benefits . But I digress , anyone have experience building on a metal stand and moving dryed oven? Tips suggestions? I haven't applied the weight to the stand in SW but based on some stands I've seen this one should be over built. Feedback? Plus adding 0.188 wire loops welded to the top of the stand to hold the concrete on the stand in transit and for eternity

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Six weeks is definitely enough time if you can get the oven built in the next 3 weeks. It will take you most of that time to do it.

But if you are on a tight timeline, why the added complexity of building the oven in one place and then moving? Why not just build it where it is going to sit? I built an oven outside in just about the rainiest Seattle spring that I can recall. It can be done. I don't see any benefit to the plan to build inside and then move. Plenty of potential for disaster with no real benefit = bad plan, but that is just my $0.02.

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Thinking that pouring Hearth at the same time as the pad will save 1 drying time, not to mention mixing time, since the cement truck is delivering for the pad/hearth.

Building in the garage = temp controll and no worries about weather. The backhoe can easily lift stand, hearth and oven into place and I can weld a fixture for moving it safely no problem.... But I suppose this does add an unnecessary element of risk.

The Plan:
-36" Forno Bravo Pompeii Kit
-1.5"x 0.125wall Steel frame (Attached Solid Works Drawing of geometry)
-59" x 64" x5.5" hearth poured at the same time as the pad
-build oven on steel frame in garage
-Low vault Tuscan igloo (Modified IT with lazy susan)
-Slow dry the oven in the garage with woodstove lit, yes during the summer.
-use backhoe to move hearth & oven into place once pad and oven are completely dry
-Series of drying fires

I have some masonry experience,

Out of my mind to try this in 3 weeks? is likely that I'll be able to move the hearth/stand/oven without cracking everything?

You are VERY aggressive. You promised a friend that you would CATER HIS WEDDING, six weeks away, in a WFO that only exists only in your mind. If you fail his wife will NEVER forgive you. If you succeed you will become a LEGEND.

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If anyone is considering steel stand it cost about $220 for 4 full 24' lengths of 1.5x0.125" square tubing. The Metal Supermarket did most of the cutting free. Had to grind to get them all the same... should have insisted that they cut the equal lengths at the same time + checked that their blade was square and true... would have saved some time. Took me 8 hours to build. (see attaced drawing) Used a spool of 0.35 wire as well + 8x 10' x1/2 rebar. and the normal wood form.